我院于1982年5月间开始探索用脾动脉栓塞术替代外科切脾治疗。被治的对象是晚期肝硬化病人或不能作手术根治的原发性肝癌病人,具有较大的脾肿大和明显的脾功能亢进症,伴或不伴腹水。栓塞术的方法采用改良的Seldinger法经股动脉插入导管,超选择进入脾动脉后,按脾肿大程度经导管 In May 1982, our hospital began to explore the use of splenic artery embolization instead of surgical splenectomy. The subjects being treated were patients with advanced liver cirrhosis or primary liver cancer patients who could not undergo surgery. They had large splenomegaly and obvious hypersplenism, with or without ascites. The method of embolization was performed by using a modified Seldinger method to insert the catheter through the femoral artery. After superselective access to the splenic artery, the splenomegaly was transcatheterized.